Cost targets and time pressure during new product development

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1339-1353

  Everaert, Patricia ^a   Bruggeman, Werner ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

New product development; Quality; Target costing; Time, Design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036455956     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570210452039     Document Type: Article

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